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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Name misperred. Shourd be Fukmi - no 'u'.

Afternoon Air attack on 32nd JAAF AF Coy , at 92,137 (Cooktown)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 7000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Ground combat at 87,141 (near Normanton)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2285 troops, 17 guns, 229 vehicles, Assault Value = 255

Defending force 498 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 130

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 130 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(-), disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
507 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 36 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
254th Armoured Brigade
255th Armoured Brigade

Defending units:
42nd Naval Guard Unit

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Dear Mistah Tojo-san;

Here what-ah hahppen with economy.

--Suppries go up on Home Isrands aftah Hata-san turn off production of Kate and Var and turn off expansion of Betty prants

--Turn back on production of Heren and Sarry

--Ordah repair two Tojo prants because not-ah have much inventory and need something reprace crappy Oscar

--Turn off Zero production at Harbin because not-ah need more Zero right now

--Everyone have enough suppry and fuerh and oirh in Home Isrands and refineries

--Negotiate with Mistah Terrer to buird nucrear device. Apparentarry nobody in America-mens program risten to guy. Smahtah than crap but hard to understand. Hata-san hire geisha girhs trim nose hairs Mistah Terrer. This-ah main serring point. Hata-san nevah see human being with so many nose hairs othah than Ainu.


Sincerery;

Hata-san

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"Here what-ah hahppen with economy"

ASW attack near Palm Island at 93,143

Japanese Ships
SS I-22

Allied Ships
DD Dewey
DD Blue
DE Starling

Night Naval bombardment of Cairns at 92,140

Japanese Ships
BB Yamato
BB Hiei
DD Natsushio
DD Kagero
DD Makigumo

Allied ground losses:
365 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 39 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (4 destroyed, 10 disabled)

BB Yamato firing at 1st Australian Division
F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for BB Hiei
BB Hiei firing at 11th Indian Division
DD Natsushio firing at 18th British Division
DD Kagero firing at 18th British Division
DD Makigumo firing at 1st Australian Division

Night Naval bombardment of Cairns at 92,140

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Yamashiro
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato
DD Kuretake
DD Wakatake
DD Hokaze
DD Asanagi
DD Shiranui

Allied ground losses:
403 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 29 destroyed, 59 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 48 (8 destroyed, 40 disabled)
Vehicles lost 39 (23 destroyed, 16 disabled)

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 22
Port hits 6
Port supply hits 5

BB Hyuga firing at Cairns
BB Yamashiro firing at Cairns
F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for BB Mutsu
BB Mutsu firing at 18th British Division
BB Nagato firing at 11th Indian Division
DD Kuretake firing at 5th Australian Division
DD Wakatake firing at Cairns
DD Hokaze firing at 11th Indian Division
DD Asanagi firing at 2nd Australian Division
DD Shiranui firing at 18th British Division